Smelter owner, Rio Tinto ... to invest but they need some certainty about what's happening with Tiwai," said Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark. Not only is the smelter Southlands' biggest employer ...

The fire is an area with a lot of precious birdlife and is a huge blow, DOC says.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews have been working hard to contain a large vegetation fire in mixed scrub and wetland on Tiwai Peninsula in Invercargill today. The fire has grown to 1,200 hectares ...